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The 2016 season marked a tremendous upgrade for the Cal track and field team compared to years prior, ultimately sending 28 athletes to Regionals and ending with four at the NCAA Championships. Although no Bears qualified for tournament finals while in Eugene, Oregon, Cal had a season full of amazingRead More…

Ashtyn Davis kicked off a long, four-day NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships meet that for the Bears would mark not only the end of the Cal track and field teams’ seasons, but also the conclusion of all Cal athletics for the summer. On Wednesday, Davis ran in the preliminaryRead More…

Cal track and field is sending a brand new crew to the NCAA Championships this year, which will be taking place at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Starting on Wednesday evening, Bears will compete in the women’s triple jump, men’s shot put and men’s 110-meter hurdles over theRead More…

The tornado warnings and non-stop rain in Lawrence, Kansas, caused the events of the normally three-day NCAA West Regionals to be condensed into two. This meant that several heats of the meet were canceled or squished together, making the competition for Cal track and field athletes more high pressure. OnRead More…

Cal senior Isaac Dan is set to kick off the Bears’ competition at the NCAA West Regionals. Starting at noon Thursday, Dan will step onto the field for the hammer throw and try to seize his chance to qualify for NCAA Championships in June, just as every other athlete willRead More…

Despite battling the consistent rain at the University of Washington, a plethora of Cal track and field athletes set new personal records and updated their qualifying marks for NCAA West Regionals at the Pac-12 Championships this weekend. In the men’s shot put, sophomore Peter Simon fell just behind top rankedRead More…

Cal track and field director Tony Sandoval spoke with more certainty than if he was answering the question: “Is the sky blue?” “I believe that the Pac-12 is the most competitive conference in the United States.” This weekend, Cal will be sending a women’s and a men’s squad, both withRead More…

As students fill the libraries around campus, cramming for finals and finishing papers, the athletes of the Cal track and field teams do the same this weekend, on the road at the Sacramento Open, hosted by Sacramento State. Additionally, a lone athlete, freshman Tyler Brendel ventured to Seattle, Washington, toRead More…

This weekend, members of the Cal track and field teams will be traveling to compete in the Sacramento Open at the newly renovated Sacramento State Hornet Stadium. The trip will offer the Bears an opportunity to get one last chance to get work in before embarking on the journey toRead More…

Racing alongside Olympic contenders on Sunday, members of the Cal track and field teams managed to register both wins and many personal records. They traveled for the second time this season to the home of their rivals at Stanford for the Payton Jordan Invitational and managed to leave Palo AltoRead More…